Desperate magic the moral economy of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Russia / Valerie Kivelson.

Author/creator Kivelson, Valerie A.
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoIthaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Descriptionxviii, 349 pages [16] colored plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Subjects

Contents Witchcraft historiography : Russia's divergence -- "Report on this matter to us in Moscow, fully and in truth" : documentation and procedure -- Muscovite prosaic magic and the devil's pale shadow -- Love, sex, and hierarchy : the role of gender in witchcraft accusations -- Undivided spheres : gender and idioms of magic -- "To treat me kindly" : negotiating excess in Muscovite hierarchical relations -- Trials, justice and the logic of torture -- Witchcraft, heresy, treason, rebellion: defining Muscovy's most heinous crimes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 308-338) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013016811
ISBN9780801451461 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780801479168 (pbk. : alk. paper)